An autobiography the story of my experiments with truth

Portrays the life of Gandhi, describes the development of his nonviolent political protest movement, and discusses his religious beliefs.

Main Author: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
Other Authors: Desai, Mahadev H. 1892-1942.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter I
  • Birth and Parentage
  • 3
  • Chapter II
  • Childhood
  • 6
  • Chapter III
  • Child Marriage
  • 8
  • Chapter IV
  • Playing the Husband
  • 11
  • Chapter V
  • At the High School
  • 14
  • Chapter VI
  • A Tragedy
  • 19
  • Chapter VIII
  • Stealing and Atonement
  • 25
  • Chapter IX
  • My Father's Death and My Double Shame
  • 28
  • Chapter X
  • Glimpses of Religion
  • 31
  • Chapter XI
  • Preparation for England
  • 35
  • Chapter XII
  • Outcaste
  • 39
  • Chapter XIII
  • In London at Last
  • 42
  • Chapter XIV
  • My Choice
  • 45
  • Chapter XV
  • Playing the English Gentleman
  • 48
  • Chapter XVI
  • Changes
  • 52
  • Chapter XVII
  • Experiments in Dietetics
  • 55
  • Chapter XVIII
  • Shyness My Shield
  • 59
  • Chapter XIX
  • The Canker of Untruth
  • 63
  • Chapter XX
  • Acquaintance with Religions
  • 67
  • Chapter XXII
  • Narayan Hemchandra
  • 72
  • Chapter XXIII
  • The Great Exhibition
  • 76
  • Chapter XXIV
  • 'Called'
  • But Then?
  • 78
  • Chapter XXV
  • My Helplessness
  • 81
  • Chapter I
  • Raychandbhai
  • 87
  • Chapter II
  • How I Began Life
  • 90
  • Chapter III
  • The First Case
  • 93
  • Chapter IV
  • The First Shock
  • 96
  • Chapter V
  • Preparing for South Africa
  • 100
  • Chapter VI
  • Arrival in Natal
  • 102
  • Chapter VII
  • Some Experiences
  • 105
  • Chapter VIII
  • On the Way to Pretoria
  • 109
  • Chapter IX
  • More Hardships
  • 113
  • Chapter X
  • First Day in Pretoria
  • 118
  • Chapter XI
  • Christian Contacts
  • 122
  • Chapter XII
  • Seeking Touch with Indians
  • 125
  • Chapter XIII
  • What It Is to Be A 'Coolie'
  • 128
  • Chapter XIV
  • Preparation for the Case
  • 131
  • Chapter XV
  • Religious Ferment
  • 135
  • Chapter XVI
  • Man Proposes, God Disposes
  • 138
  • Chapter XVII
  • Settled in Natal
  • 141
  • Chapter XVIII
  • Colour Bar
  • 145
  • Chapter XIX
  • Natal Indian Congress
  • 148
  • Chapter XX
  • Balasundaram
  • 153
  • Chapter XXI
  • The [pound] 3 Tax
  • 155
  • Chapter XXII
  • Comparative Study of Religions
  • 158
  • Chapter XXIII
  • As a Householder
  • 162
  • Chapter XXIV
  • Homeward
  • 165
  • Chapter XXV
  • In India
  • 168
  • Chapter XXVI
  • Two Passions
  • 172
  • Chapter XXVII
  • The Bombay Meeting
  • 175
  • Chapter XXVIII
  • Poona and Madras
  • 178
  • Chapter XXIX
  • 'Return Soon'
  • 180
  • Chapter I
  • Rumblings of the Storm
  • 185
  • Chapter II
  • The Storm
  • 188
  • Chapter III
  • The Test
  • 191
  • Chapter IV
  • The Calm After the Storm
  • 196
  • Chapter V
  • Education of Children
  • 199
  • Chapter VI
  • Spirit of Service
  • 202
  • Chapter VII
  • Brahmacharya
  • I
  • 204
  • Chapter VIII
  • Brahmacharya
  • II
  • 208
  • Chapter IX
  • Simple Life
  • 212
  • Chapter X
  • The Boer War
  • 214
  • Chapter XI
  • Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief
  • 217
  • Chapter XII
  • Return to India
  • 219
  • Chapter XIII
  • In India Again
  • 222
  • Chapter XIV
  • Clerk and Bearer
  • 225
  • Chapter XV
  • In the Congress
  • 227
  • Chapter XVI
  • Lord Curzon's Darbar
  • 229
  • Chapter XVII
  • A Month with Gokhale
  • I
  • 231
  • Chapter XVIII
  • A Month with Gokhale
  • II
  • 233
  • Chapter XIX
  • A Month with Gokhale
  • III
  • 236
  • Chapter XX
  • In Benares
  • 239
  • Chapter XXI
  • Settled in Bombay?
  • 243
  • Chapter XXII
  • Faith on Its Trial
  • 246
  • Chapter XXIII
  • To South Africa Again
  • 249
  • Chapter I
  • 'Love's Labour's Lost'?
  • 255
  • Chapter II
  • Autocrats from Asia
  • 257
  • Chapter III
  • Pocketed the Insult
  • 259
  • Chapter IV
  • Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice
  • 262
  • Chapter V
  • Result of Introspection
  • 264
  • Chapter VI
  • A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism
  • 267
  • Chapter VII
  • Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment
  • 269
  • Chapter VIII
  • A Warning
  • 271
  • Chapter IX
  • A Tussle with Power
  • 274
  • Chapter X
  • A Sacred Recollection and Penance
  • 276
  • Chapter XI
  • Intimate European Contacts
  • 279
  • Chapter XII
  • European Contacts (Contd.)
  • 282
  • Chapter XIII
  • 'Indian Opinion'
  • 285
  • Chapter XIV
  • Coolie Locations or Ghettoes?
  • 287
  • Chapter XV
  • The Black Plague
  • I
  • 290
  • Chapter XVI
  • The Black Plague
  • II
  • 292
  • Chapter XVII
  • Location in Flames
  • 295
  • Chapter XVIII
  • The Magic Spell of a Book
  • 297
  • Chapter XIX
  • The Phoenix Settlement
  • 300
  • Chapter XX
  • The First Night
  • 302
  • Chapter XXI
  • Polak Takes the Plunge
  • 304
  • Chapter XXII
  • Whom God Protects
  • 306
  • Chapter XXIII
  • A Peep into the Household
  • 310
  • Chapter XXIV
  • The Zulu 'Rebellion'
  • 313
  • Chapter XXV
  • Heart Searchings
  • 315
  • Chapter XXVI
  • The Birth of Satyagraha
  • 318
  • Chapter XXVII
  • More Experiments in Dietetics
  • 320
  • Chapter XXVIII
  • Kasturbai's Courage
  • 322
  • Chapter XXIX
  • Domestic Satyagraha
  • 325
  • Chapter XXX
  • Towards Self-Restraint
  • 328
  • Chapter XXXI
  • Fasting
  • 330
  • Chapter XXXII
  • As Schoolmaster
  • 333
  • Chapter XXXIII
  • Literary Training
  • 335
  • Chapter XXXIV
  • Training of the Spirit
  • 338
  • Chapter XXXV
  • Tares Among the Wheat
  • 340
  • Chapter XXXVI
  • Fasting as Penance
  • 342
  • Chapter XXXVII
  • To Meet Gokhale
  • 344
  • Chapter XXXVIII
  • My Part in the War
  • 346
  • Chapter XXXIX
  • A Spiritual Dilemma
  • 348
  • Chapter XL
  • Miniature Satyagraha
  • 351
  • Chapter XLI
  • Gokhale's Charity
  • 355
  • Chapter XLII
  • Treatment of Pleurisy
  • 357
  • Chapter XLIII
  • Homeward
  • 359
  • Chapter XLIV
  • Some Reminiscences of the Bar
  • 361
  • Chapter XLV
  • Sharp Practice?
  • 363
  • Chapter XLVI
  • Clients Turned Co-Workers
  • 365
  • Chapter XLVII
  • How a Client Was Saved
  • 367
  • Chapter I
  • The First Experience
  • 373
  • Chapter II
  • With Gokhale in Poona
  • 375
  • Chapter III
  • Was it a Threat?
  • 377
  • Chapter IV
  • Shantiniketan
  • 380
  • Chapter V
  • Woes of Third Class Passengers
  • 383
  • Chapter VI
  • Wooing
  • 385
  • Chapter VII
  • Kumbha Mela
  • 387
  • Chapter VIII
  • Lakshman Jhula
  • 391
  • Chapter IX
  • Founding of the Ashram
  • 395
  • Chapter X
  • On the Anvil
  • 397
  • Chapter XI
  • Abolition of Indentured Emigration
  • 400
  • Chapter XII
  • The Stain of Indigo
  • 404
  • Chapter XIII
  • The Gentle Bihari
  • 406
  • Chapter XIV
  • Face to Face with Ahimsa
  • 409
  • Chapter XV
  • Case Withdrawn
  • 413
  • Chapter XVI
  • Methods of Work
  • 416
  • Chapter XVII
  • Companions
  • 419
  • Chapter XVIII
  • Penetrating the Villages
  • 422
  • Chapter XIX
  • When a Governor is Good
  • 424
  • Chapter XX
  • In Touch with Labour
  • 426
  • Chapter XXI
  • A Peep into the Ashram
  • 428
  • Chapter XXII
  • The Fast
  • 430
  • Chapter XXIII
  • The Kheda Satyagraha
  • 434
  • Chapter XXIV
  • 'The Onion Thief'
  • 436
  • Chapter XXV
  • End of Kheda Satyagraha
  • 439
  • Chapter XXVI
  • Passion for Unity
  • 441
  • Chapter XXVII
  • Recruiting Campaign
  • 444
  • Chapter XXVIII
  • Near Death's Door
  • 450
  • Chapter XXIX
  • The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma
  • 454
  • Chapter XXX
  • That Wonderful Spectacle!
  • 457
  • Chapter XXXI
  • That Memorable Week!
  • I
  • 460
  • Chapter XXXII
  • That Memorable Week!
  • II
  • 466
  • Chapter XXXIII
  • 'A Himalayan Miscalculation'
  • 469
  • Chapter XXXIV
  • 'Navajivan' and 'Young India'
  • 471
  • Chapter XXXV
  • In the Punjab
  • 475
  • Chapter XXXVI
  • The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?
  • 478
  • Chapter XXXVII
  • The Amritsar Congress
  • 482
  • Chapter XXXVIII
  • Congress Initiation
  • 486
  • Chapter XXXIX
  • The Birth of Khadi
  • 489
  • Chapter XL
  • Found at Last!
  • 491
  • Chapter XLI
  • An Instructive Dialogue
  • 494
  • Chapter XLII
  • Its Rising Tide
  • 497
  • Chapter XLIII
  • At Nagpur
  • 500
  • Farewell
  • 503.